Mon Nov 19, 2012, 06:06 PM

TroyD (4,468 posts)

Democrats sweep last undecided House races

Monday, November 19, 2012 17:53 EST

WASHINGTON — Democrats claimed victory Monday in the final undecided House races of the 2012 election, as President Barack Obama’s party picked up a total of eight seats to narrow the Republican majority.

Two closely watched races in California saw Republicans Dan Lungren and Brian Bilbray concede defeat to Democratic challengers at the weekend, while Arizona’s Ron Barber, an ex-aide to Democrat Gabrielle Giffords who resigned this year after being wounded in a shooting, claimed victory to hold his seat.

A handful of other races were too close to call more than a week after the November 6 vote but they eventually went to the Democratic candidates, pushing their tally to 201 seats, party officials told AFP.

Republicans will still retain control of the House of Representatives, beginning the 113th Congress in January with 234 seats.

“It was beyond our expectations,” Jesse Ferguson of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said of the elections.

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Democrats sweep last undecided House races (Original post)	TroyD	Nov 2012	OP
That's not true Pelosi said she expected to win back the house.	craigmatic	Nov 2012	#1
Now how about a clean Democratic sweep in November 2014?	rachel1	Nov 2012	#2
K&R nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#3
All things considered this election went very well for us Democrats.	DCBob	Nov 2012	#4
So, in 2014, a swing of 17 seats would bring down the Boehnerhaus.	Ken Burch	Nov 2012	#5
Do we know which races will be more likely	LukeFL	Nov 2012	#7
You'd have to look at the 2012 races to find the closest contests that we lost.	Ken Burch	Nov 2012	#8
The other unknown will be retirements	davidpdx	Nov 2012	#10
In the meantime, is there a list of 17 Republicans that are likely to caucus with us? nt	Comrade_McKenzie	Nov 2012	#11
I don't think there's any such thing as a moderate Repub anymore.	Ken Burch	Nov 2012	#13
K & R	Change has come	Nov 2012	#6
Money Quotes... Thanks TroyD	Cha	Nov 2012	#9
West conceded this morning...	mojitojoe	Nov 2012	#12
Does that make it 232-203? n/t.	Ken Burch	Nov 2012	#14

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Mon Nov 19, 2012, 08:26 PM

craigmatic (3,226 posts)

1. That's not true Pelosi said she expected to win back the house.

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Mon Nov 19, 2012, 08:31 PM

rachel1 (538 posts)

2. Now how about a clean Democratic sweep in November 2014?

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Mon Nov 19, 2012, 08:38 PM

ProudProgressiveNow (3,239 posts)

3. K&R nt

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Mon Nov 19, 2012, 08:47 PM

DCBob (14,773 posts)

4. All things considered this election went very well for us Democrats.

The only downside was not winning back the House but that was a very long shot.

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Mon Nov 19, 2012, 09:07 PM

Ken Burch (31,245 posts)

5. So, in 2014, a swing of 17 seats would bring down the Boehnerhaus.

It would be good to take at least 5 to 10 more, though, to prevent the 'Pugs from bribing some Blue Dogs to cross over to them and give them a false majority.

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Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:25 PM

LukeFL (299 posts)

7. Do we know which races will be more likely

Last edited Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:26 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

To win fir 2014? We should have a list so we can begin organizing for the possibility.
We should use Obamas ground game. And the GOTV efforts.

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Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:28 PM

Ken Burch (31,245 posts)

8. You'd have to look at the 2012 races to find the closest contests that we lost.

Then, you'd also have to take into consideration declines in personal popularity by Republiban incumbents that occurred between now and 2014.

Candidate recruitment and re-recruitment(in cases of close losses this time where the Dem might be persuaded to give it another go)will also be crucial.

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Tue Nov 20, 2012, 06:38 AM

davidpdx (8,824 posts)

10. The other unknown will be retirements

It is possible many won't announce until the close to the election.

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Tue Nov 20, 2012, 06:52 AM

Comrade_McKenzie (2,526 posts)

11. In the meantime, is there a list of 17 Republicans that are likely to caucus with us? nt

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Tue Nov 20, 2012, 07:01 PM

Ken Burch (31,245 posts)

13. I don't think there's any such thing as a moderate Repub anymore.

You might get some right-wingers who are too egotistical to follow El llorón any longer...but that's a long shot and they'd have to be willing to commit political suicide to do it.

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Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:17 PM

Change has come (1,981 posts)

6. K & R

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Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:51 PM

Cha (124,684 posts)

9. Money Quotes... Thanks TroyD

Unofficial results had Murphy ahead by some 1,900 votes, and local media reported that lead increasing by 242 votes after the partial recount.

The missed deadline will lead to certification of the unofficial results on Tuesday, barring an unlikely emergency exemption granted by the state.

Murphy declared victory and attended freshman House orientation on Capitol Hill last week.

I'm not as optimistic as they are.. but, I love being Wrong on things like this!

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Tue Nov 20, 2012, 06:55 AM

mojitojoe (92 posts)

12. West conceded this morning...

...so add another one to the Democrat column.

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Tue Nov 20, 2012, 07:16 PM

Ken Burch (31,245 posts)

14. Does that make it 232-203? n/t.

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